Malkandi v. Holder, No. 06-73491

By FindLaw Staff on August 10, 2009 1:42 PM

In a petition for review of petitioner's application for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture, the petition is denied where the government met its burden of showing that it had "reasonable grounds" to regard petitioner as "a danger to national security," and thus the BIA's decision was supported by substantial evidence.

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